Curtain fixture



I. LUNDSTROM CURTAIN FIXTURE H H n I I Oct. 27, 1953 Filed March 7, 1949 INVENTOR. fDH L u/v s 7760M.

flTTOR/VEY.

I. LUNDSTROM CURTAIN FIXTURE Oct. 27, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 7, 1949 k2??? INVENTORf.

10H 4 u/vos 7/2 0M,

Patented Oct. 27, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CURTAIN FIXTURE Ida. Lundstrom, St. Louis, Mo.

Application March 7, 1949, Serial No. 80,073

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to curtain fixtures and. more particularly to vertically movable curtain rod bracket mounting members, and means for raising and lowering the members in unison.

An important object of the invention is to provide a pair of vertically movable mounting members so fashioned that any of the known types of curtain rod supporting brackets now secured to a window frame may be detachably secured to the mounting members instead of the window frame and raised, or lowered, in unison, by pullcords. A further object of the invention is to provide like curtain rod bracket mounting members which are pull-cord controlled for raising and lowering the curtain rod supporting brackets with their respective mounting members.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pair of curtain rod bracket mounting members which are carried by one end of a pair of pull-cords, and to which members any of the known types of curtain rod brackets may be secured to be raised and lowered with the mounting members by means of the pull-cords.

A still further and important object of the invention is to provide a pair of like curtain rod bracket mounting members which may be quickly and conveniently raised and lowered relative to the upper end of a window casing by means of a pair of pull-cords to allow a person standing on the floor to remove or attach curtains to a curtain rod attached to the bracket carried by the mounting members, thus obviating the necessity of a person standing on a chair, ladder, or other device.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, and in which like characters of reference are employed to denote like parts throughout the specification forming a part of the application;

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my invention ap plied to a window frame, the mounting members supporting the curtain rod brackets and the curtain rod being shown as lowered in full lines by means of pull-cords, and in raised position in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail showing a mounting member in its raised position and hanging from a resting plate.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, eliminating the resting plate, and showing the upper and lower flanges thereof as of the same size.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of one of the curtain rod bracket mounting members.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of one of the mounting members.

Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of a mounting member resting plate.

Fig. 8 shows a curtain rod bracket fastened to the mounting member by fastening devices passing through different slots than shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 9 shows a curtain rod bracket fastened to the mounting member by fastening devices passing through different slots than shown in Figs. 1 and 8.

In the drawings, the reference character I0 designates the top cross member of a window casing; II designates the left side member of the window casing, and I2 designates the right side member of the window casing.

Further, in the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration only, is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numerals I3 and I4 designate generally, a pair of like curtain rod bracket mounting members, which are preferably fashioned from sheet metal, although not necessarily so, as the members may be formed from other material such, for instance, as plastic, hard or semi-hard rubber, and the like. Each mounting member I3 and I4 consists of a flat plate like body portion I5 having a plurality of uninterrupted longitudinal slots arranged in spaced parallel relation with each other. The fiat body portion I5 includes an upper flange I'I projecting rearwardly from the upper edge thereof, and a lower flange I8 projecting rearwardly from the lower edge of the flat body portion I5. The lower flange I8 is preferably, although not necessarily slightly longer than the upper flange I1.

The upper and lower body flanges I! and I8 are provided midway their side edges with suitable pull-cord receiving openings I9 and 20.

Secured to the upper corner portions of the upper cross member of the window casing, are a pair of suitable eyelets 2I and 22. A third eyelet 23 is secured to the casing outwardly of the eyelet 22. I

A pull-cord 24 passes through the eyelet 23 and then downwardly through the eyelet 2 I. The end portion 25 of the pull-cord 24 passes through the flange openings I9 and 20 of the mounting member I3 and lies behind the body portion I5. The free end of the cord portion 251 is provided with a knot 26 for the lower flange I8 of the mounting member I3 to rest upon.

A pull-cord 21 passes through the eyelet 23 and then downwardly through the eyelet 22.

cords.

ing members are raised, the buckle lies below' an anchor pin secured to the casing member I2 within reach of a person standing on the floor. The anchor pin I6 passes between the" two pull cords and the buckle engaging the pinholds the mounting members in their uppermost position.

The mounting members I3 and I4 achha've the body portion I5 provided with a plurality of *lon'g'itudinal'slotted' openings designated 3l,'32,

33, 34 and 35 so that'any of the known types of curtain 'rod brackets may "be secure'd to the front face of the body portion I5 to be carri'edby the mounting members.

In Fig. 1, a curtain rod bracket-360i a known type is secured to the body portions I5 of the mounting 'membersby'means of screws 31 passing through "openings 38 and 39 in the bracket 36 and the slotted openings 32 in the body portions "I5bftlie mounting members I3 "and I4. The screws are "provided with nuts "40 which tighten against the back faces of thebody portions l5 of the mounting members [3 and.

The-reference character 4| designates asectional curtain 'rod' mounted at its ends on the pins'42'of the curtain rod brackets 36.

It'will beclearly apparent that when the'pullcords are anchored to the'casingpin that the mounting members I3 and |4, the bracketscarried thereby, the curtain rods carried by the brackets, and curtains hung from the curtain rods will be in their rai'sed'position'with respect to-the window casing, and, when the-cord buckle engages theey'elet 23 the mounting'members I3 'and I4 and parts carried thereby will'be lowered to a position'within easy reach of a person standing'on the floor to remove, or attach curtains the curtain rod.

Therefererice characters 43 and 44 designate a pair of like rest plates which may besecured to the'window casing'cross'piece III by means of the eyelets 2 I and22. Each rest plate has a shoulder 45 andan inclined'apron 4550 that when the mountin members'are raised the aprons will guide "the upper flanges I1 of the mounting "members-until the flanges rest upon the shoulders 45. This arrangement, when used, takes the load carriedby themountingmerribers off the pull- The weight 'of the mounting members, brackets, curtain rod and'curtains will'pullthe mounting members ofi the shoulders 45 when tension on the pull-cords is released.

The-restplates 43 and 4 4 may; or may not be used, as desired, as the fixture works equally well either way.

By providing the body portion I5 of the mount ing members I3 and I4 with the slotted openings in spaced parallel relation as shown, it will be readily apparent that known types of curtain rod brackets having various arrangements of 115- tener openings may be secured to the mounting members instead of being secured to the window casing, thus gaining the advantage of being able torais'e and lower the curtains hung *from the "curtain rod by merely standing on the 'floor and operating the pull-cords, thus obviating the necessity of standing on a chair or ladder to removeicurtains from the curtain rod and to attach curtains thereto. The-many advantages of the herein described invention willreadily suggest themselves to those skilled, as wellas the unskilled, in the art to whichitappertains.

It is to be understood that the form of my "invention herein described, is to "be taken a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the shapesize and arrangement of the parts may be resorted to, without'depaiting from the-spirit of my invention, or the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

In a curtain fixture, a pair of eyelets secured to a window casingadjacent the upper-corners thereof, a third eyelet secured to'the window casingand spaced outwardly from one of thefirst mentioned eyelets, a pair of pull-cords, saidicords passing through the said pair of yelets'and both cords passingthrough the'thirdeyelet and leading therefrom, a buckleconnect'ing both'cords beyond the third-eyelet, a pull=cord anchor2p1n carried by one of the side members'of thewindow casing, amounting member having slotted openings carried by the=end of each-pull-cord below the said pair of eyelets, a curtain rod bracket detachably secured to each mountingmember by fastening devices passing through "said slott'ed openings, a curtain rod detachably mounted on each bracket, said'mounting members adapted to be raised and lowered'by the pull-cords, and a shouldered rest plate adapted'tobe secured to the window casing below sai'd'pair of eyelets for -the mounting members to rest upon-when'i'n their 'raised positions.

' IDA LUNDSTROM. 

